Microsoft's decision last week to give Windows' users in Europe a so-called 'ballot screen' so they can decide which web browser they want to use, rather than being forced to use Internet Explorer, which previously came bundled with the OS, stunned tech fans across the world.

Spam now constitutes 92 percent of all email, according to McAfee's "Threat Reports Second Quarter 2009". Spam-fighting firm MX Logic, sees that figure as even higher: a whopping 94.6 percent of all email sent.

A revision to the rules governing online sales in Europe risks sparking a wave of litigation between e-commerce companies like eBay and the makers of luxury goods, a Brussels-based lobbyist said today.

Opera Software, the web browser manufacturer which sparked the EU's antitrust investigation against Microsoft, has revealed it wants the firm to offer its browser 'ballot screen' to web users worldwide.